Word: hardheadedness
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Last week, installed as Syria's new Premier, primarily to clear up the country's financial mess, Hakim again took an unpopular stand. He declared that Syria (which is roughly equal in size and population to Missouri) should align itself with the West, a point of view which...
We have not the capability of imposing a pax Americana upon the world. More important, we have not the desire. Our motive is neither to impose our will upon the world, nor to turn our backs upon it and retreat to our own frontiers. Either course would be folly. Either...
To Maurer, China is the clue to the Orient, and Confucius and Lao-tse are the clues to China. From Confucius stem China's social virtues: family piety, loyalty; from Lao-tse her moral values: Taoism, the philosophy of "Do Nothing," don't fuss, let nature take its...
In clinching the Empire State deal, Stevens did not forget his old knack of picking up finder's fees. He not only acted as principal, but as one of the three brokers, stood to collect $166,000 for himself in broker's fees. Says hardheaded Roger Stevens: "We...
Only a few wondered if Europe's gain might be short-lived, or illusory, in the indivisible struggle against Communism everywhere. "He was muy macho" (a brave fellow), shrugged a Spaniard. "He won a war of guns and lost a war of words." "A whipping boy for many grievances...